End-of-life issues in the pediatric emergency department

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Baren, Jill M ^a   Mahon, Margaret ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0347268979     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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